Emergence of artemisinin-resistance on Thai-Myanmar border raises spectre of untreatable malaria

The most deadly species of malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is becoming resistant to the front line treatment for malaria on the border of Thailand and Myanmar, according to new evidence. This increases concern that resistance could now spread to India and then Africa. Eliminating malaria might then prove impossible.

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